Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are to appear in a BBC Question Time special, where they will answer audience questions in separate consecutive slots.

The BBC has had to work around an announcement made by Theresa May that she would not participate in a televised head-to-head election debate with Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn responded by announcing his own refusal to participate in a head-to-head debate without the Prime Minister.

Jonathan Munro, head of BBC Newsgathering, said: "It is firmly in the public interest for audiences to hear from those seeking election. We know they connect with these formats because they are a public moment to focus on and audience members from all across the country get the chance to ask politicians their own questions."